AUSTIN, Texas — UT Remembers, a day of remembrance honoring 174 members of the university community — students and current and retired faculty and staff members — who died during the previous year, will be observed Friday, May 4, at The University of Texas at Austin.

In honor of those being remembered, the university Tower lights will be darkened from dusk to dawn. As the sun sets, the only areas of the Tower that will be glowing with white light will be the cap and observation deck. No other areas of the Tower will be illuminated.

The university event, which began in 1998, brings together families, friends, colleagues and co-workers to remember those who died and to reflect upon who they were, what they gave to the institution and what they meant to the people whose lives they touched.

Flags on the Main Mall will be lowered to half-staff at 8:45 a.m. as the first event of the day. In the event of rain, seating for the ceremony will be moved to the loggia of the Main Building.

Families and friends participating in ceremonies during the day will be provided a hospitality room, the Lee Jamail Academic Room, Main Building (Room 212), while they are on campus. An information session on grief will be held in the hospitality room from 10 to 11 a.m.

The UT Remembers service will be held at 2 p.m. in the Tower Garden, north of the Tower and Main Building. Names of people being remembered will be read aloud, and a Tower bell will toll in tribute. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be relocated to Hogg Auditorium.

Complimentary parking for event participants is available in the San Antonio Parking Garage at 2420 San Antonio St. Shuttle service will be provided from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. between the San Antonio Parking Garage and UT Remembers activities.